Springtime: Time to "think" Green

DRINK UP!!! It Is Good for the Liver!

With the end of Winter’s high fat and high calorie food…we all need to help cleanse our own liver…and to help re-generate its functions.

This is an excellent and opportune time to do a one day, three day or week long (juice) fast. There are many different approaches and examples of “how to” fasts…look to the internet, look to your local library for books and information. It is so very important to find what resonates to who You are! We are all individuals and need to take an individual approach in matters of health and well-being. What works for me may be detrimental to your body’s system.

So drink up! Enjoy that early morning warm water with some real lemon juice as your morning tonic (instead of that jolt of java).

***please note…it is suggested you do a mild colon cleanse BEFORE cleansing the liver. It may be as simple as taking some pysillium for a few days prior the liver cleanse or taking an enema or two to help clean out the colon so it can handle and flush out the toxins purged from the liver.
IT IS ADVISED: PLEASE seek out professional consultation.


Going Green

It is spring…time to choose the Green Foods.
Green is the color associated with Spring (and the Liver). So incorporate lots of leafy greens into your diet. Join the many others in the “Green Movement”…RE-cycle, RE-use (ie. plastic water bottles) …and RE-juvenate your liver too!


VEGAN PESTO It IS Green!!!…and Delicious too!~

3 cups basil leaves (washed and dried)
½ c olive oil
½ c walnuts OR pine nuts
¼ c nutritional yeast flakes
2 tsp lemon juice
2-3 cloves garlic
salt and pepper, to taste

Place ingredients in food processor. Process til ingredients fully mixed and semi-smooth. Enjoy with some whole-grain / high-fiber pasta.

(Nutritional yeast can be found in co-ops. It is high in protein and a good source of the B vitamins)…try it sprinkled on toast or popcorn too!

recipe from "Vegan with a Vengenance" p. 132